MSI and Gigabyte to outsource laptop production to Clevo and Pegatron?

DigiTimes heard MSI and Gigabyte plan to outsource their notebook production to Pegatron and Clevo. Last year MSI shipped about 2 million laptops while Gigabyte sold around 250,000 units.

Taiwan-based notebook makers Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology reportedly will outsource their notebook production to Pegatron Technology and Clevo, respectively, in 2011, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report.

Gigabyte currently outsources about 10-20% of its notebooks to Quanta Computer, and will outsource two models to Clevo in 2011, the paper said. MSI reportedly will have Pegatron make only netbooks, which currently accounts for 10% of MSI's total notebook shipments, the paper noted.